{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2072746758","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00070","title":"Using Landscape Topology to Compare Continuous Metaheuristics: A Framework and Case Study on EDAs and Ridge Structure","display_name":"Using Landscape Topology to Compare Continuous Metaheuristics: A Framework and Case Study on EDAs and Ridge Structure","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-02-16","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2072746758","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00070","mag":"2072746758","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22339400"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1162/evco_a_00070","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00070","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S38677346","display_name":"Evolutionary Computation","issn_l":"1063-6560","issn":["1063-6560","1530-9304"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Evolutionary Computation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108217142","display_name":"Rachael Morgan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I160993911","display_name":"Queensland University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/03pnv4752","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I160993911"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165143802","display_name":"The University of Queensland","ror":"https://ror.org/00rqy9422","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165143802"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"R. Morgan","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I160993911","https://openalex.org/I165143802"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5017810911","display_name":"Marcus Gallagher","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6694-9572"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I160993911","display_name":"Queensland University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/03pnv4752","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I160993911"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165143802","display_name":"The University of Queensland","ror":"https://ror.org/00rqy9422","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165143802"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"M. Gallagher","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I160993911","https://openalex.org/I165143802"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5108217142"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I160993911","https://openalex.org/I165143802"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.7681,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86841301,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"20","issue":"2","first_page":"277","last_page":"299"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10100","display_name":"Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10100","display_name":"Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10848","display_name":"Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11975","display_name":"Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications","score":0.9957000017166138,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/edas","display_name":"EDAS","score":0.8036298751831055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metaheuristic","display_name":"Metaheuristic","score":0.6025002002716064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5846750736236572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pairwise-comparison","display_name":"Pairwise comparison","score":0.5359431505203247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.5327404141426086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fitness-landscape","display_name":"Fitness landscape","score":0.5120347142219543},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dependency","display_name":"Dependency (UML)","score":0.4937759339809418},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/estimation-of-distribution-algorithm","display_name":"Estimation of distribution algorithm","score":0.4608213007450104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generator","display_name":"Generator (circuit theory)","score":0.4541768729686737},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heuristics","display_name":"Heuristics","score":0.4475390613079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/parameterized-complexity","display_name":"Parameterized complexity","score":0.421375572681427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.3970273435115814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.3485829830169678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.27189764380455017}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49284225","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5322829","display_name":"EDAS","level":3,"score":0.8036298751831055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109718341","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385229","display_name":"Metaheuristic","level":2,"score":0.6025002002716064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5846750736236572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184898388","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1435712","display_name":"Pairwise comparison","level":2,"score":0.5359431505203247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.5327404141426086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91852762","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3307742","display_name":"Fitness landscape","level":3,"score":0.5120347142219543},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19768560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320727","display_name":"Dependency (UML)","level":2,"score":0.4937759339809418},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162500139","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2835887","display_name":"Estimation of distribution algorithm","level":2,"score":0.4608213007450104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780992000","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17016113","display_name":"Generator (circuit theory)","level":3,"score":0.4541768729686737},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127705205","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5748245","display_name":"Heuristics","level":2,"score":0.4475390613079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165464430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1570441","display_name":"Parameterized complexity","level":2,"score":0.421375572681427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.3970273435115814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.3485829830169678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.27189764380455017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000465","descriptor_name":"Algorithms","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D000465","descriptor_name":"Algorithms","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D000465","descriptor_name":"Algorithms","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008962","descriptor_name":"Models, Theoretical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008962","descriptor_name":"Models, Theoretical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008962","descriptor_name":"Models, Theoretical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1162/evco_a_00070","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00070","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S38677346","display_name":"Evolutionary Computation","issn_l":"1063-6560","issn":["1063-6560","1530-9304"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Evolutionary Computation","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:22339400","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22339400","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Evolutionary computation","raw_type":null},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.709.6485","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.709.6485","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://staff.itee.uq.edu.au/marcusg/papers/morgan_gallagher_ecj_2012.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:espace.library.uq.edu.au:UQ:276871","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":null,"pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402388","display_name":"Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I165143802","host_organization_name":"The University of Queensland","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165143802"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.41999998688697815,"display_name":"Life in Land","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W102487131","https://openalex.org/W120878463","https://openalex.org/W1532567435","https://openalex.org/W1540706608","https://openalex.org/W1543749979","https://openalex.org/W1543889792","https://openalex.org/W1547618122","https://openalex.org/W1549072606","https://openalex.org/W1625417988","https://openalex.org/W1625914768","https://openalex.org/W1915652795","https://openalex.org/W1966241132","https://openalex.org/W1981573597","https://openalex.org/W1981832641","https://openalex.org/W2007249336","https://openalex.org/W2025280025","https://openalex.org/W2047758600","https://openalex.org/W2109881441","https://openalex.org/W2113741278","https://openalex.org/W2113957471","https://openalex.org/W2126328232","https://openalex.org/W2127143521","https://openalex.org/W2151554678","https://openalex.org/W2155416618","https://openalex.org/W2159072510","https://openalex.org/W2341880139","https://openalex.org/W2414365832","https://openalex.org/W2497309206","https://openalex.org/W2608641272","https://openalex.org/W2963621992","https://openalex.org/W3154803405","https://openalex.org/W4245385137"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2380621377","https://openalex.org/W2384377195","https://openalex.org/W2771061817","https://openalex.org/W4226356737","https://openalex.org/W1974487164","https://openalex.org/W1598891608","https://openalex.org/W2566415334","https://openalex.org/W35178268","https://openalex.org/W2072746758","https://openalex.org/W3127900374"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,27],"this":[1,65],"paper":[2],"we":[3,29,127],"extend":[4],"a":[5,14,117,129],"previously":[6],"proposed":[7],"randomized":[8],"landscape":[9,121,133,184],"generator":[10,185],"in":[11,76,131,174],"combination":[12],"with":[13,33],"comparative":[15],"experimental":[16],"methodology":[17,66,188],"to":[18,44,61,67,112,136,149,165,198],"study":[19],"the":[20,69,132,141,154,161,169,177,180],"behavior":[21,155],"of":[22,42,50,72,80,88,120,156,179,202],"continuous":[23,78],"metaheuristic":[24],"optimization":[25],"algorithms.":[26,82,144,204],"particular,":[28],"generate":[30],"two-dimensional":[31],"landscapes":[32,89,138],"parameterized,":[34],"linear":[35],"ridge":[36],"structure,":[37],"and":[38,54,123,176,186,192,194],"perform":[39,128],"pairwise":[40],"comparisons":[41],"algorithms":[43],"gain":[45],"insight":[46],"into":[47,168],"what":[48],"kind":[49],"problems":[51],"are":[52,110,147,189],"easy":[53],"difficult":[55],"for":[56],"one":[57],"algorithm":[58,106,114,124],"instance":[59],"relative":[60],"another.":[62],"We":[63],"apply":[64],"investigate":[68],"specific":[70,86,200],"issue":[71],"explicit":[73],"dependency":[74,95,172],"modeling":[75,96,173],"simple":[77],"estimation":[79],"distribution":[81],"Experimental":[83],"results":[84,146],"reveal":[85],"examples":[87],"(with":[90],"certain":[91],"identifiable":[92],"features)":[93],"where":[94],"is":[97],"useful,":[98],"harmful,":[99],"or":[100],"has":[101],"little":[102],"impact":[103],"on":[104],"mean":[105],"performance.":[107],"Heat":[108],"maps":[109],"used":[111,197],"compare":[113],"performance":[115,142],"over":[116],"large":[118],"number":[119],"instances":[122],"trials.":[125],"Finally,":[126],"meta-search":[130],"parameter":[134],"space":[135],"find":[137],"which":[139],"maximize":[140],"between":[143,171],"The":[145,183],"related":[148],"some":[150],"previous":[151],"intuition":[152],"about":[153],"these":[157],"algorithms,":[158],"but":[159],"at":[160],"same":[162],"time":[163],"lead":[164],"new":[166],"insights":[167],"relationship":[170],"EDAs":[175],"structure":[178],"problem":[181],"landscape.":[182],"overall":[187],"quite":[190],"general":[191],"extendable":[193],"can":[195],"be":[196],"examine":[199],"features":[201],"other":[203]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}